Harnessing PeaceTech: Building the Next Generation of Solutions for Peace and Resilience

At this year’s ImpactFest in the Hague, I joined a group of leaders and innovators for a panel discussion about the role PeaceTech has to play in conflict resolution. We were united around a key message: globally, billions is currently being committed to step up defence; a small percentage of this could be set aside to invest in PeaceTech.

Greater investment in PeaceTech would open up access for governments, international organisations and local actors to new opportunities to prevent and de-escalate conflict, and instead build peace. This objective is achievable—and achievable in the near future—if there is political will.

What is PeaceTech?

PeaceTech sits at the intersection of technology, innovation, and peacebuilding. It refers to the design and deployment of advanced, often AI-driven technologies that help prevent conflict, anticipate and manage crises, and build lasting peace.

Examples include predictive analytics for early warning, hybrid intelligence systems for decision-making, digital platforms for inclusive dialogue, and data tools to support humanitarian, governance, and reconstruction planning.

At its core, PeaceTech turns data and innovation into strategic assets for peace. It goes beyond preventing violence, also fuelling cross-sector collaboration, supporting climate resilience and governance, and opening new opportunities for responsible technology development.

Why PeaceTech Matters to INCAS and Strategic Resolve

At Strategic Resolve, we see peace and stability as the foundations for sustainable growth and human security. But in a world defined by volatility, misinformation, and crisis fatigue, traditional peacebuilding tools aren’t enough.

PeaceTech offers a chance to anticipate threats earlier, respond faster, and build trust through transparent, data-informed systems.

Our interest in PeaceTech comes from our commitment to resilience, at both the national and organisational levels. We see it as a practical enabler of:

• Anticipation: AI-powered early warning systems to detect political instability, climate shocks, or resource-based tensions before they escalate.
• Informed Decision Making: Hybrid intelligence and simulation tools to improve the speed and quality of crisis decision-making.
• Inclusive Engagement: Secure platforms that broaden participation in dialogue, mediation, and reconstruction.
• Integrated Responses: Data ecosystems that link humanitarian, development, and peace efforts, aligning them for greater impact.

PeaceTech is fully aligned with our mission: helping clients turn uncertainty into preparedness, and peacebuilding capacity into strategic advantage.

How INCAS and Strategic Resolve Can Drive and Use PeaceTech

We’re not just adopters of PeaceTech, we want to help shape its future.

Through our advisory work, partnership network, and innovation focus, INCAS and Strategic Resolve aim to serve as a bridge between peacebuilders, technologists, and investors. We help governments, multilateral institutions, and private actors harness PeaceTech effectively and ethically.

Our approach includes:

• Strategic Advisory: Supporting clients to integrate early warning, AI foresight, and data tools into national peace and crisis management systems.
• Partnership Building: Connecting researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors to develop PeaceTech pilots that solve real-world fragility challenges.
• Policy and Governance Support: Advising on the ethical, operational, and regulatory aspects of establishing PeaceTech to ensure it builds trust and legitimacy.
• Capacity Building: Equipping peace and security actors with the digital skills, tools, and training to manage and sustain innovation.

Our Flagship Vision: The PeaceTech Innovation Accelerator and Fund

To catalyse the PeaceTech field, we propose a dual initiative: a PeaceTech Innovation Accelerator and a PeaceTech Fund.

The PeaceTech Accelerator would be a centre of excellence to identify, prototype, and validate scalable PeaceTech solutions, making them accessible to actors across the peace and security spectrum.

The PeaceTech Fund would provide catalytic financing to de-risk innovation in fragile settings, scale proven tools, and mobilise blended capital for PeaceTech development.

Together, these mechanisms would create a powerful ecosystem, one that supports responsible investment, accelerates innovation, and brings PeaceTech into the mainstream of preventive diplomacy and peacebuilding.

Shaping the Future of Peace and Technology

At INCAS and Strategic Resolve, we believe it’s time to apply the same urgency and ingenuity that’s currently invested in security and defence toward peace.

PeaceTech gives us the tools to do that with foresight, inclusion, and innovation at its core.

By championing PeaceTech, we can empower societies to manage crises more effectively, strengthen local capabilities, and build peace as a sustained and strategic capacity, not just an aspirational goal.

The PeaceTech conversation is gaining momentum. The question is whether we’ll turn ideas into action. At INCAS and Strategic Resolve, we’re committed to doing just that, connecting policy, strategy, and innovation to help tackle today’s toughest peace and security challenges.

If you're working at the intersection of peace, tech, and finance, or you’re simply curious about how innovation can support stability, get in touch. There’s more to come.